Due June 2009

Kiwi crush is awesome but other than than we feed Amelia sultanas. Really works well. Also stay away from bananas. They are fruit so you would think that they would be good but they can really bind them up.

Amelia now has cold #5 in 8 weeks. I am so over winter. She has just woken up crying. Will end up bald from pulling hair out before summer arrives.

School holidays in our house. Alexandria has a number of days with the school holiday programme this week and then family stuff next week.

Also today I started the next build up for the Auckland marathon. 3 peaks today which is 21km to and up Mt Eden, One Tree Hill and Mt Hobson. 14 weeks to go.

I also had a thought that you might need to get her bottom checked. I was told that if your toddler cries when trying to poo that there could be a small fissure or tear that hurts. Basically because it hurts they stop trying to poo and this makes it all worse. You have a prescription so maybe this has been checked already.

Lets us know how it goes.

vote for Kellys baby Amelia in baby of the day today, Tyler's younger sister

New here, my daughter was born in June 2009!

Hi Bec, ask the doc for lactulose DD has just been in hospital and thats what they've given her also have a read of these

best prac-constipation


factsheet

PM me if I can help more :)

You should have no probs toilet training by Jan. Take it slowly and don't stress. The more you get annoyed or upset at "accidents" the more DS will resist.

We have an insert to the toilet so littlies feel secure on the toilet. Also have a small stool so the seat isn't too high. We haven't started toilet training yet with Amelia but she is interested. We tell her everytime we go to the toilet that poos and wees go in the toilet and when she is a big girl that is what she will do too. Sometimes she sits for all of 5 secs on the toilet with her nappy and clothes on. She understands what happens but isn't patient enough yet to sit for long enough for something to happen.

I have to say that if something isn't happening with one it seems that the other has something going on. Alexandria had a problem with constipation 2 weeks ago but now has diarrhoea. I think probably from not quite washing her hands properly - although she has been trying. Poor thing really wants to go to the last day of the school holiday programme tomorrow but I can't really let her .... not still going as she is. A double wammey as far as she is concerned.

Oh Lisa I can so sympathise. Please take this as a huge hug for you. I really understand the ongoing situation you have. Wouldn't it be good to be all settled tomorrow.

We have have HUGE issues here. Amelia is okay but tells me that her bottom is sore. Not sure what is going on because all the output seems normal if you get what I mean.

As for Alexandria. We spent most of the day in Starship ED. She is hugely constipated. Poor kid has had medicine put up her bottom - for little response. Apparently she is so constipated that she has poo through her entire largen intestine. I am so proud of how she did today at the hospital. We have been given a thing for her to drink (which she hates and causes nausea and vomitting) but will hopefully get stuff going. Back to the GP on Friday for a checkup but she will be off school for 2-3 WEEKS until this clears up.

Oh and I lost my bracelet at the hospital today. Retraced my steps but couldn't find it. So had to put in an insurance claim. I suspect someone found it and thought great - a bonus - and pocketed it rather than handing it in.

A bad day all round and not much chance for the next week or so. Sorry for the downer but sometimes sh*t happens. Literally or NOT in our case.

havent done any packing, we were already living with bare essentials when FIL moved out, so have just left what we could do without in boxes... no point packing until house is sold! Apparently the minimum settlement period is 42 days... so that gives us 6 weeks to save up and find a place, we've done it in 3 weeks before, so THAT part im fine with... its the random house visits to bring someone through the house, the open homes every weekend (and as of this coming weekend its Sat AND sun open home until auction at end of month) DP just had BIL on the phone bitching cos I 'denied access' to the booked photographer this afternoon. He was supposed to come yesterday, but the builder left a job incomplete, so I get a phonecall after I'd left for the day to say they'd come back tomorrow... only now I have the flu, Jae is sick, and shes undone most of my tidying up, plus I had 3 days of washing to catch up on which I did because im just about out of nappies... house therefore totally unsuitable for taking photos, so the person accompanying photographer said they'd make a time to come back, and take outside photos for now. Cue phonecall from BIL to b!tch about me denying access. Also apparently I have to 'step up' and keep the house tidy 24/7 in case anyone wants an impromptu visit to look through the house. I'm doing the best i can, with a toddler on the loose, a baby that needs feeding (and I still have to express at least 5x daily to get enough for 2x night bottles) a family to feed, washing to keep up with... and a partner who is away half the weeknights with his rugby club comittee stuff, AND all day Saturday helping to set up etc. Somehow IM the one who has to pull time out of some alternate universe to tidy up more often. The only way I could keep the house tidy is if I followed Jae like a bad smell allll day putting things away when she chucks them aside, then do everything else during her ONE nap... oh and never sleep because I still wont have had time to express.

Since this house has gone on the market, only 2 people have come through for a 2nd viewing, yet they think this house will sell at auction. Oh and apparently keeping the house perfectly tidy means it will sell better? Funny, I thought people chose wether or not to buy a house based on location, structural soundness and stuff like that.. not based on how many toys are on the floor, or if the house is lived in or not.

Only reason I'm still living here is because DP got himself in a financial mess before I came along, and now has a $70K debt tied to the mortgage, so he has to pay that and rent (granted its not full market value rent but still!) and we barely scrape by as it is. If I were to pack the kids up and leave him to the sh!t his family keep throwing at me, we'd be worse off by a long shot. So in the meantime I sit at home and have to lie down and let them all walk over me like the doormat because they are 'doing us a favour' by letting us live here at reduced rent...

Sorry to post such a huge rant... I'm just soooo beyond over his family, and this house... and I hate being told what to do, and having no control over my own damned life!

To add to the whole mess, B was stood down from school last Monday after attacking another boy just for going in front of him to drink from the fountain while B stopped to tie shoelaces back up. Somehow they decided NOT to tell me until Friday night. Cant do anything for him and that just makes me feel even more out of control and the stress is just coming at me from all sides and i want out of all of it... but cant go anywhere...

Wow lots happening since I last logged in, firstly Lisa, I'm so sorry to hear about what you are going through That sounds really really hard! I hope you are getting by OK, how did the auction go? As Helen said, vent here anytime! I'm sure at least voicing it does a world of good. I hope the house sells soon so you can step away from that BIL some!!!

Helen, how is Alexandria going? I hope she is better and your household is back to normal Hospital visits don't sound like fun, haven't had to go there yet *touch wood*

Jacobsmama, how did your anatomy scan go? 23 weeks now, exciting!

Nothing much new happening here, except Dex has started using the potty. He just randomly used it for the first time 2 days ago. So I'm up late researching now as I'm so not prepared! Does anyone have any advice about when to switch from nappies to pull ups or whatever? He is in cloth mostly during the day, is there a cloth alternative to pull ups?
Aiden is now 6 months old and really becoming his own person :) It's awesome to see him interact with his brother, he gets so excited and Dexter is great with him. So cute!

Anyway, must get to bed, will already be shattered tomorrow I think

Hey Lisa. I hope things work out for you soon. Maybe just go for a rental if you find the right one and leave BIL to deal with open homes etc.

Thanks for the thoughts about Alexandria. She is fine now and we have had 2 follow up appointments with Pediatrics outpatients clinic at Greenlane. We might have to continue meds on and off for a while but no more blockage and I think we all don't want that to happen again.

Had Amelia at the Drs this afternoon for a Urinary Tract Infection. She tells me when it hurts to go wees and she had frequency and a slight temp as well. The dr first said that they want a clean collection of urine to send to the lab BEFORE they would prescribe antibiotics. They wanted me to follow her around all afternoon with a pottle to catch some wees, bring it back to them for testing and then they might prescribe meds. I told him I thought he was joking. She's no where near toilet trained! She had all the signs. Anyway I finally convinced him to give meds and promised I would try to get a sample.

Husband is away for the weekend to see the Warriors play in the Grand Final. So wish I could go but we went away 2 weekends ago while Grandma looked after the girls. It was just too soon to leave Amelia again - as well as being too soon to ask Grandma!! Go the Warriors!